bark

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  1. noun The harsh sound uttered by a dog.
  2. noun A sound, such as a cough, that is similar to a dog's bark.
  3. intransitive verb To utter a bark.
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wood ·  twig ·  trunk ·  branch ·  root ·  timber ·  leaf ·  skin ·  stick ·  cloth ·  straw ·  moss

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bark:   barked ·  barking ·  barks
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  1. From Middle English berken, to bark, from Old English beorcan.
  2. Middle English, from Old Norse börkr.
  3. Middle English barke, boat, from Old French barque, from Old Italian barca, from Latin.

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  1. from Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Anglo-Saxon beorcan (strong verb, past participle borcen, later borcian, bark, weak verb) = Icelandic berkja (weak verb), bark, bluster. Supposed by some to be orig. another form of Anglo-Saxon brecan (past participle brocen), break, snap. Cf. Icelandic brækta, bleat, = Norwegian brækta, bræka = Swedish bräka = Danish bræge, bleat.
  2. from bark, v.
  3. from Middle English barke, bark, barc, from late Anglo-Saxon barc, from Icelandic börkr (genitive barkar) = Swedish bark = Danish bark = Middle Low German Low German borke (later G. borke), bark. Possibly connected with Icelandic bjarga = Anglo-Saxon beorgan = German bergėn, etc., cover, protect: see bury. The older English word for ‘bark’ is rind.
  4. = Swedish barka = Danish barke, tan; from the noun.
  5. Also barque, after F.; from late Middle English barke, barque, from French barque = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian barca = D. bark = Middle High German G. barke = Danish bark = Icelandic barki, from Late Latin barca (Middle Latin also barga, later Old French barge, later English barge, q. v.), regarded by some as a syncopated form of an assumed Late Latin *barica, a quasi-adjective formation, from Latin baris, from Greek βᾶρις, from Egyptian (Coptic) bari, a flat-bottomed boat used in Egypt; but more prob. of Celtic or even of Teutonic origin.
 

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